Hello everyone, I would like to learn how you guys make animated GIFs? I've tried some free programs like LiceCap and others, but they either reduce the colors in the GIF produced or the size is quite big (21MB for a 12-second GIF???). Some give green or other colors on OpenGL windows.

So, please share what GIF recorder you use with me. Some details would be appreciated.

Can you give a download link please? My google searches result in gifs shared on blogs, not the software.

Someone missed the joke.

Cog's post was a gif in a gif.

I use Photoshop CC to make my gifs (you need a minimum of at least CS Extended, but all CC editions also have it now).

It has a ton of quality settings/options, but still, the trick with gifs is more movement and more color = larger size. So if your gifs are huge, you're probably having too much pixel movement, or too many colors.

EDIT: Case in point..

this huge one is only 2.2mb, because there arent many colors and a majority of the pixels dont change often:

this one on the other hand is shorter, but full of colors and tons of moving pixels.. clocking in at 16mb!

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